The finalists for the 51st Lombardi Award, which honors exceptional football performance and character, include two athletes from Texas colleges: Kelvin Banks Jr. from the University of Texas and Nic Scourton from Texas A&M University, both with roots near Houston.

The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade.

"It’s not just a piece of jewelry,“ Hamad Rajput said. ”it represents love, loss, and the strength we’ve found together during some of the hardest moments of our lives."

Looking to try out a new gig? Tesla might have the perfect opening for you.

The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones’ Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers raised concerns about how an auction was conducted.

The U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences.

From its French origins to Texas BBQ, discover how the MICHELIN Guide made its way to the Lone Star State.

A military judge has ruled that plea agreements struck by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants are valid.

A group of news organizations has asked a Texas appeals court to order the release of state Department of Public Safety records of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling for the resignation of State Representative Jeff Leach after his admission to sending text messages to a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge last week saying that death row inmate Robert Roberson deserved a new trial.

Across a dozen of the most competitive House races, Republicans raked in more than $11 million over the last month, compared to the nearly $3.5 million collectively raised by their Democratic counterparts.

Texas desperately needs more and denser housing to keep up with the demand. But zoning restrictions get in the way, a Texas Tribune analysis found.

A new breed of activists wants Texas to tame costs by building more housing. But longstanding opposition to such policies remains strong.

Former President Donald Trump addressed border security at a rally in Austin, where Alexis Nungaray shared the story of her daughter Jocelyn, who was killed by two Venezuelan nationals allegedly linked to a gang.

A Bexar County election worker was assaulted Thursday, officials said. In Tarrant County, officials encouraged voters to review their ballots before voting.

As the 2024 U.S. presidential race heads into the final stretch, the Republican nominee announced Wednesday that he will be in Texas on the same day this week as his Democratic challenger.

The national licensing board announced it will consider folding the proposed skills test into an existing exam amid worries the additional hurdle would discourage applicants.

247Sports released a statement alleging that their Instagram account had been hacked after a post falsely claimed that Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers would sit out for the remainder of the 2024 college football season.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence “stepped out of line” by subpoenaing death row inmate Robert Roberson and delaying his execution.

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said the No. 5 Longhorns have a “passionate fanbase” that needs to use “better discretion” after the school was fined and threatened with further sanctions by the Southeastern Conference over fans throwing water bottles and trash on the field during a loss to No. 1 Georgia.

Charles Leclerc has earned Ferrari its first United States Grand Prix victory since 2018 with a clever start and a commanding drive.

Texas has apologized after fans littered the field with water bottles and other trash after an interception for the top-ranked Longhorns against No. 5 Georgia was initially wiped out by a pass-interference penalty before officials changed the call.

An Amber Alert has been issued for three missing children in Austin.

Is your house already decorated for Halloween? If so, we want to see your home!

A Texas man who sued his ex-wife’s friends for helping her obtain an abortion informed the court that the two sides reached a settlement, forgoing the need for a trial that would have tested his argument that their actions amounted to assisting in a wrongful death.

The Houston Independent School District has appointed a Bond Oversight Committee to ensure transparency and accountability for a proposed $4.4 billion bond.

“Our country is stronger when we come together in times of crisis, and Texas is immediately deploying additional support to help our fellow Americans as Florida braces for this major hurricane,” Governor Abbott said in a statement.

Everyone knows Houston has one of the (if not absolute) best food scenes out there, yet WalletHub is about to make some enemies with its latest study on the best foodie cities in the U.S.

Following a request from the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the state is sending generators to Georgia to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Arch Manning passed for two touchdowns and ran for another score, and No. 1 Texas got another standout performance from its defense to earn the program’s first Southeastern Conference victory, 35-13 over Mississippi State.

Texas will start Arch Manning at quarterback when the No. 1 Longhorns play Mississippi State on Saturday as Quinn Ewers continues to recover from a strained abdomen.

The city has appropriated $400,000 to help residents travel out of state for abortions. This is the second lawsuit targeting the fund.

With the State Fair of Texas beginning in Dallas in eight days, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempts to block the fair’s new gun policy have been denied by a Dallas County district judge.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is not letting up on efforts to stop the controversial Uplift Harris program.

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian says freshman quarterback Arch Manning will get his first career start Saturday against Louisiana-Monroe.

The county told a state district court judge that the applications were already mailed out and any ruling would be moot.

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian says injured starting quarterback Quinn Ewers is considered “questionable” for the No. 1 Longhorns game this week against Louisiana-Monroe.

Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten against Kentucky.

The Texas Public Utility Commission has yet again delayed a decision on CenterPoint Energy’s rates that we all pay on our electric bills.

Texas isn’t expected to take a direct hit when the storm makes landfall as a hurricane. But storm surge and dangerous winds are possible.

Coastal communities in Texas may be impacted by heavy rainfall and flash flooding from the system.

The U.S. Homeland Security Secretary specifically called out the state’s policy of busing migrants to cities in other parts of the country.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women who travel to obtain legal abortions.

The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency says, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022.

In a conversation Friday, the Maryland governor discussed his first two years leading the Old Line State and the sprint to Nov. 5.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent letters to both the Bexar and Harris County Commissioner’s Courts threatening to sue if proposed plans to mail voter registration forms to individuals regardless of their eligibility moves forward.

Authorities in Austin are urgently searching for 29-year-old Brenna Swindell, a single mother of three, who has been missing since Aug. 22.

Authorities in Austin are urgently searching for 29-year-old Brenna Swindell, a single mother of three, who has been missing since Aug. 22.

DPS says no more to court orders or amended birth certificates to change genders on Texas driver's licenses or ID cards.

If you want to ensure your voice is heard in Austin, here’s a simple guide to contacting your legislators.

Deaths from heat are notoriously difficult to quantify because of how complex and subjective the process is. It leaves officials with an incomplete picture of who heat kills.

“My office is aware of concerning allegations regarding CenterPoint and how its conduct affected readiness during Hurricane Beryl, a storm that left millions of Texans without power,” Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement.

The former Uvalde schools police chief says he thinks he's been “scapegoated” as the one to blame for the botched law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Texas running back CJ Baxter injured a knee in practice this week and will miss the 2024 season.

Military-run hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are in upheaval following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to throw out a plea agreement.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken for the first time on his decision to throw out a plea deal for the accused mastermind of al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks and two other defendants.

Abbott met with CenterPoint Energy CEO Jason Wells and the Executive Vice President of Regulatory and Government Affairs, Jason Ryan, on Thursday to discuss their proposal to better respond to future severe weather events.

CenterPoint Energy plans to withdraw its 2024 rate case filing with the Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUC).

“CenterPoint intends to increase their rates to recoup the cost of recovering from Hurricane Beryl, passing the cost on to the customer,” Senator Carol Alvarado said in a social media post. “That dog won’t hunt.”

Three other cities have passed similar measures but the Texas AG and others question whether they can be enforced because of conflicts with state law.

Centerpoint’s CEO Jason Wells’ testimony comes a week after he met with the Texas Public Utility Committee (PUC) where he apologized to Houstonians. Today, we can expect Wells to double-down on initial action plans to increase resiliency.

About $45 million will go to Texas towns with fewer than 1,000 residents — a boon for municipalities without a viable tax base.

Lawmakers in Austin are planning to question leaders of CenterPoint Energy on the company’s performance in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in a hearing scheduled for Monday.

Texas emergency officials have already prepared more than 100 firefighters, emergency personnel, and over 25 fire engines, command vehicles, and equipment to send as the state battles ongoing wildfires in northern California.

On Monday, lawmakers in Austin are planning to question leaders for CenterPoint Energy on the company’s performance in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.

Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling.

Jason Wells told regulators the company will launch a new outage tracker by Aug. 1. It will also trim more tree limbs near power lines and hire an executive to focus on emergency response.

We want to hear from all Texans – even if you can’t vote or are not sure you want to vote.

Local leaders of the Nurse-Family Partnership hope they can secure money to expand the program to the region’s rural areas.

In a Q&A, Doggett, 77, discusses his role in the recent chain of historic events and his feelings about where the party goes from here.

Despite all the wonderful things Texas has to offer, a recent study is making some bold suggestions about how the Lone Star State looks after its residents living in poverty.

The state’s booming population, congestion problems and billions of federal dollars on the table have officials eyeing ways to boost passenger rail.

In the wake of Hurricane Beryl, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has announced the creation of a Senate Special Committee on Hurricane and Tropical Storm Preparedness, Recovery, and Electricity.

The Beastie Boys are suing the parent company of Chili’s in a case that accuses the chain restaurant of running an advertisement that used the hip-hop trio’s smash hit “Sabotage” without permission.

“The president has been running behind,” the Texas Democrat said. “We needed a surge, we got a setback.”

Tropical Storm Beryl is approaching the Texas coast and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is the acting governor during this time.

The lost water costs the cities millions and heightens the state’s water supply challenges.

The proposal comes a year after a new state law ended mandatory water breaks in Austin and Dallas. Last year was the hottest on record in Texas.

The ruling comes amid a nationwide surge in homelessness as high rents put pressure on low-income households and pandemic-era protections expire.

Uvalde’s former school police chief has been booked and released from jail following a grand jury investigation into the police response during the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022.

Shares of Rivian are soaring before the opening bell after Volkswagen agreed to invest $1 billion in the electric vehicle maker immediately and a potential total of up to $5 billion as part of a software development agreement.

Two people with knowledge of the details say that Mikal Bridges is being traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the New York Knicks, where he will join Jalen Brunson and his other former Villanova teammates.

A new housing report from Harvard University found that would-be homebuyers need to make more money than ever if they want to buy a home in Texas’ urban areas.

A tanker truck caught fire after being hit by an SUV on Highway 290 between Houston and Austin.

Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is blasting his political opponents for letting Louisiana become the first state to require public schools and colleges to display the Ten Commandments.

Authorities in Texas say a shooting in a park left two people dead and six wounded.

📚 Exciting news from the Houston Independent School District (HISD)! The latest results from the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams (STAAR) show that HISD students have demonstrated significant academic growth 💪🎉 Despite the challenges, HISD is closing achievement gaps and paving the way for a brighter future, according to Superintendent Mike Miles. #HISD #AcademicGrowth #ClosingGaps #EducationMatters

“We are beyond thrilled to join forces with Sony Pictures Entertainment to expand our company vision to be the best damn cinema that has ever, or will ever, exist now in ways we could only ever dream of,” said Tim League, Founder Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

Guaranteed income programs let participants use funds however they see fit. Critics argue they're not a good use of taxpayer dollars.

Federal investigators say an air traffic’s controller’s faulty assumption nearly caused a runway collision at a Texas airport last year.

Thousands of people are discharged from Texas mental health hospitals yearly, and so-called step-down programs like clubhouses can help them integrate back into the community.

Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton crusaded against House Republicans who voted against school vouchers and in favor of impeachment, respectively.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with his Chinese counterpart as the two countries seek to repair lines of communications between their militaries that could be critical as tensions continue to rise between them in the Indo-Pacific region.

🌩️ Severe Weather Alert 🌩️ A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for several counties today. Expect scattered rain throughout the morning, with the potential for large hail, damaging winds, and even a tornado or two. Don't forget to share this important update with your friends and family! #SevereWeatherAlert #StaySafe #HoustonWeather #TexasWeather

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to make an official visit to Cambodia, one of China’s closest allies in Southeast Asia, after holding talks with his Chinese counterpart at an annual security conference in Singapore.

Police in Austin, Texas, say a man seen pouring lighter fluid around a convenience store and then making a homemade bomb during an hourslong standoff was fatally shot by an officer.

City leaders and advocates hope reducing the size of lots used to build homes will increase housing supply.

Protests have been a century-long tradition at UT-Austin, and The Daily Texan, the student newspaper, has faithfully covered and recorded these significant historical events.

A state lawmaker and Houston residents urge the Texas Education Agency to investigate whether the state-appointed superintendent improperly sent public funds to out-of-state charter schools.

Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Texas.